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In an inspired and inspiring speech to the U.S. Congress last week that directly challenged the narrow America First foreign policy of U.S. President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, left, has set out the urgent need to defend the shared values of the West, to reinvigorate multilateralism, and strengthen our multilateral institutions. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

TORONTO—In an inspired and inspiring speech to the U.S. Congress that directly challenged the narrow America First foreign policy of U.S. President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron has set out the urgent need to defend the shared values of the West, to reinvigorate multilateralism, and to strengthen our multilateral institutions.

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